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Vinniegambini on 14 June 2013
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RolStoppable said:
Vinniegambini said:
Nintendo's first-party 3DS line-up has been weak in Japan compared to the previous year. Nintendo aims to sell 5 million 3DS' in Japan alone in 2013. Got 3.2 million left to go. From September until the end of the year, Nintendo 3DS will light up the charts as Monster Hunter and Pokemon release. I wouldn't be surprised if the 3DS sells a minimum of 1 million units from Sept-Oct. After that, 3DS kicks off the holiday season and Japan is pretty much locked-down.

I'm not surprised Sony has not issued a statement in regards to the Japanese release of the PS4; this year is very crowded and the painting is already on the wall - Pokemon and Monster Hunter - they have no chance. Furthermore, Sony has not unveiled any 'Japanese' aimed content except for FFXV and that is not releasing in Japan until December 2014 and March 2015 in US as Square Enix will want a good install base before releasing their game. I expect a March 2014 release of PS4 in JPN.

I think the lack of a confirmed PS4 launch has more to do with the fact that it doesn't matter at all. Microsoft isn't launching in Japan either and even if they did, they wouldn't sell. Nintendo is nothing to worry about, because third parties won't support the Wii U. Sony can easily afford to shun the Japanese market, because they won't get penalized for it.


I'm a bit lost here, I'm speaking about the 3DS owning the market from Sept-Dec and the gaming market in Japan becoming a very crowded environment. I have not talked about the Wii U. Furthermore, Sony has lost a lot of mindshare in North America from this generation. Sony will most likely allocate most of their shipments in North America to 'regain' that market. In addition, Sony lacks Japanese content as seen at their press event. As a result, due to Japan being a handheld market and having learned from their mistakes from Vita, Sony will most likely launch in 2014 due to the aggressive competition in that market and because they want to provide the right amount of content to their Japanese audience. If not, it will be a repition of the PS3 - a slow build.